Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Necessary Ordnance for the Siege of New York, 19 January 1782 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Necessary Ordnance for the Siege of New York, 19 January 1782 write by Henry Knox. This book was released on 1782. Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Necessary Ordnance for the Siege of New York, 19 January 1782 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Written to General Benjamin Lincoln as Secretary at War. Calculations and notes regarding necessary ordnance and ammunition for the siege of New York. Discusses strategy relating to placement of cannon and batteries.
Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Deficiencies in the Supply of Ordnance, 22 January 1782
Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Deficiencies in the Supply of Ordnance, 22 January 1782 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Deficiencies in the Supply of Ordnance, 22 January 1782 write by Henry Knox. This book was released on 1782. Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Deficiencies in the Supply of Ordnance, 22 January 1782 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discusses the deficiency of supplies in the ordnance. Comments on the amount of horses necessary for the wagons in the field. Also discusses the supplies necessary for the ordnance, including cannon, howitzers, and ammunition, and the amount of artificers at Springfield who could help build and repair these supplies.
Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Shells, 20 May 1782
Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Shells, 20 May 1782 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Shells, 20 May 1782 write by Henry Knox. This book was released on 1782. Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Shells, 20 May 1782 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explains his recommendations and opinions on key issues regarding the ensuing campaign in and around New York. Relates that upon asking General George Washington when to be prepared to march his troops, General Washington claimed to be out of touch with the status of preparations, but as soon as he decided, he would let Knox know. Knox relates that this makes him uneasy, as it makes planning the ordnance and stores far more difficult. Describes recent experiments on howitzers of French and of English origin, and explains that they require different shell sizes (see GLC02437.01411), and recommends Captain [William] Stevens and Mr. [John Jacob] Faesch for the job. Recommends reproofing all the shells in Pennsylvania and Maryland because of previous accidents. Describes the recent acquisition by General Washington of cannon from the state of Virginia (see GLC02437.01394). Encloses a list of stores requested for West Point and the field, as well as one prepared by General [William] Irvine for Fort Pitt. Emphasizes the necessity of building the required number of carriages, wagons, tumbrils, and cartridges, and of obtaining the requested number of horses. Also mentions Mr. [Samuel] Hodgdon.
Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about the Capture of British Ordnance, 30 April 1782
Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about the Capture of British Ordnance, 30 April 1782 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about the Capture of British Ordnance, 30 April 1782 write by Henry Knox. This book was released on 1782. Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about the Capture of British Ordnance, 30 April 1782 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Writes to General Lincoln, the Secretary at War, to inform him of the recent acquisition of ordnance from the enemy, obtained with the help of France. Explains that the articles obtained are in bad repair but are in high demand, so recommends a Mr. Byers, who is at present under engagements to the United States, to be employed to make as many mortars and howitzers as necessary from the materials. Knox will submit an estimate as to how many they might need.
Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Moving Artificers from the Artillery Park, 6 January 1782
Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Moving Artificers from the Artillery Park, 6 January 1782 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Moving Artificers from the Artillery Park, 6 January 1782 write by Henry Knox. This book was released on 1782. Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln about Moving Artificers from the Artillery Park, 6 January 1782 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Marked copy. Writes in response to receiving from Lincoln a proposal by Colonel Timothy Pickering to send the artificers from the park of artillery to General Nathanael Greene's Southern Army. Writes that this proposal was made without a sufficiency of knowledge or due consideration of the service these artificers have to perform, and cannot be complied with in any degree, without mining all prospects of advantage from the Artillery in the operating of the next campaign. Argues that their artificers have been working under the same officers for a long time and have developed a high level of expertise. Declares also that their skill is necessary to perform repairs at their current location. Comments that difficulty in finding men for the Southern campaign is not sufficient reason for removing the artificers from the artillery park.
